"Is Congress just a decadent caricature of its former self, timidly executing the secret orders of the hidden elite? Sometimes it appears that way, especially when congressmen and women obediently vote on a bill without reading it and without having had the opportunity to do so, as it was made available just hours before. Ron Paul attacks these practices in his latest column. His bill HR 216 would prohibit any piece of legislation from being brought before the House of Representatives unless it has been available to read for at least 10 days" by tmartin